CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study Semantics is one
of the branches of linguistics studying about the meaning, and it is considered
as a major branch of linguistics devoted to the study of meaning in language
(Crystal, 1990: 310). Semantics is the study of linguistics meaning of words, phrases,
and sentences (Fromkin, 1924: 164). Semantics roughly defined is the study of meaning.
It orders for to be successfully studied, of course it must be clear just what meaning
is. Although if we look at the society, most of them are not confusion about
the nature of meaning. Semantics is quite important not only for those who want
to communicate better in the society. Semantics also can be used to understand
a literary work like songs.
Literature is the class of
writings expression, aesthetics form, universality of ideas, and permanence are
characteristic features, as fiction, poetry, romance, and drama.
By studying literature, we gain
many advantages; we can learn about life, enrich our sense humanity and we also
can learn how to respect other people. Like fine music and art, fine literature
is characterized by imagination, which means fullness of expression and forms
and techniques.
In our life, we are almost every
day listening to songs. Song is poem that is voiced and sung with music. Waluyo
says that song is a poem formed which sounded. Song is one of the ways to
express our feeling. If we discuss about songs of course, it cannot be separated
from music. So, by singing a song we can deliver message to listener and at the
same time we can enjoy it. So there are many people say that we cannot life
without music. Based on the explanation above, the researcher
choose Iwan Fals’s songs to analysis which is focused on the new album “In
Collaboration With”. The researcher chooses it because most of the Iwan Fals’s
songs tell about life and the beauty love. Iwan Fals is a singer who started
his carrier since 1970s. Divinity, world and life, inspires his songs. The
researcher is interested in discussing the message of Iwan Fals’s songs because
it has hidden meaning. Therefore, the writer intends to conduct study entitled “SEMANTIC
ANALYSIS ON IWAN FALS’S SONGS”.
1.2 Statement of Problems Based
on the background of the study, the following of problems of the study are formulated
below: 1. What
are the kinds of meaning used in Iwan Fals’ songs? 2. What are messages found in Iwan Fals’ songs? 1.3
Objectives of Study This discussion is aimed to answer the questions posed in
problems of the study above. To be more specific the researcher would like to: 1. To
find the kinds of meaning used in Iwan Fals’s songs? 2. To find the messages that exists in Iwan
Fals’s songs? 1.4 Scope and Limitation In this study the researcher focuses on
her study based on the kinds of meaning and the messages that exist in the Iwan
Fals’s songs. The researcher takes from the new album “In Collaboration With”. The number of
songs is ten songs. It was recorded and published by Musica Studio.
1.5 Significance of The Study The
researcher hopes that this study will be useful anyone who want to appreciate
the literary work especially songs. For the researcher and the other student who
will write a thesis, this work might useful for giving information about how to
analysis songs especially to find out the semantic meaning and messages are
included in Iwan Fals’s songs.
1.5 Definitions of Key Terms To
make clear and to avoid misunderstanding the researcher gives the definition of
key terms.
1.5.1 Semantics Semantics is one of the linguistics
studying about the meaning, and it is considered as a major branch of
linguistics devoted to the study of in language, Crystal (1991: 310).
1.5.2 Songs Songs are the metrical composition or
other set of words adapted for singing or intended to be sung. It is the short
poems in rhymed stanzas. (Oxford, 1993) 1.5.3
Iwan Fals Iwan fals is the famous
singer is having a long name Virgiawan Listianto. He was born in Jakarta,
September 13, 1961. He is began his carrier since 1976. In
other words, the purpose of the study is to looking for meaning and messages in
the Iwan Fals songs especially “In Collaboration With” album. CHAPTER
II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE The reviews below cover the discussions
about semantics, the importance of semantics, literature, songs, lyrics, Iwan
Fals’s biography and career, and relevant studies.
2.1 Semantics In fact, the word of semantics is a technical
term aim at studying meaning. The meaning means element of language in morpheme
form, word and sentence. For example re- in reconstruction means construction
again so we can conclude that re- means again.
The terms of semantic
proportionate to word semantique in the French was took from Greek and
recognized by M. Breal. The word
semantics has ultimately prevailed as a name for the doctrine of meaning, in
particular, of linguistics meaning. One element of language is word called
symbol. Symbol in semiotic usually called sign. Semiotics is still used,
however, to denote broader fields, the study of sign-using behavior in general.
Semantics has been variously
described: as the science of signs, of symbolic behavior or of
communication-system. It focuses in the scope of the term “communication”.
There are certain concepts relevant to the investigation of all communication-system,
human and nonhuman, natural and artificial. A signal is transmitted from a
sender to a receiver (a group of receiver) along channel of communication. The
signal will have a particular form and will convey a particular meaning (or
message). The connection between the form of the signal and its meaning is established by what (in rather general sense
of the terms) is commonly referred to semiotics as the code: the message is
coded by the sender and decided by the receiver.
Semantics is one of the
linguistics studying about the meaning, and it is considered as a major branch
of linguistics devoted to the study of meaning ion language, Crystal (1991:
310).
Semantics is one of the branches
of linguistics that study the meaning. Hurford and Heasly (1984:1) say that: “Semantics is the study of meaning in
language. Because of this semantic can not be separated from the so-called
word”.
Wittegenstein (1953:31) said,
“For a large sense ‘having’…the meaning of a word is its used the language.
Semantics is the study of how
persons respond to words and other symbols. Meaning seems at once the most
obvious feature of language and the most obscure aspect to study.
(It is obvious because it is what
we use language for – to communicate with each other, to convey ‘what we mean’
effectively).
In this century the study of
meaning has expanded to include not only the symbols reverent relation ship (tradditional
‘semantic’) but also the behavior that result from our language habit. Alfred
Korzbski (1887-1950) believes that “(general semantic) language influenced not
only or thinking, but also all of human behavior”.
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